Tutorial Proposal - Principles of Interaction Design

yyyTutorial: Principles of Interaction Design Shane Morris Echo Interaction Design, Australia shane@echointeraction.com.au This tutorial will introduce and explore many of the fundamental principles that underlie the practice of interaction design and user interface design. Knowingly or unknowingly, designers use these principles constantly in their work to produce effective designs in a timely fashion. Nevertheless, apart from some ‘heuristics’, many practitioners have never been formally introduced to these principles. Topics covered in the tutorial include principles like functional layering and visual hierarchy, fundamental guidelines like Fitt’s Law and cognitive concepts like gestalt grouping principles. Beginners and more experienced interaction designers will develop their working vocabulary of design principles that can be applied in the design and evaluation of all forms of user interfaces in everyday use - including physical devices, graphical user interfaces and internet applications. This highly interactive tutorial introduces each principle in turn, along with positive and negative usage examples. Short individual and group revision exercises are used throughout the day, and the tutorial ends in a rapid design exercise which aims to explore the pro’s and con’s of applying the interaction design principles. User interface design, Interaction design, Design principles. 1. LEVEL Beginner to Intermediate 2. TARGET AUDIENCE ...